Retirement

Remember when employees blamed you in part for their financial troubles? Well, don’t shoot the messenger, but maybe it is.

The latest Issue Brief from the Employee Benefit Research Institute offers good news and bad news. The good news: We’re all living longer! The bad news: We’ll all run out of retirement savings long before we die.

Which of these is the most eye-popping statement? 1. There is hostile, intelligent alien life on other planets that may try to conquer and colonize Earth.

You’ve likely seen the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Perhaps you’ve even played along at home, chucking to yourself and thinking, “Sure, it would be nice to have, but I’m glad I don’t need a million dollars.”

I read an article in today’s USA Today that profiled several entrepreneurs who financed their business ventures with funds from their 401(k) accounts.

Americans are not doing well financially. No surprise there, right? However, what may surprise you are numbers from a Harris Interactive poll that show a decent-sized share of adults are blaming their money woes on … you.

The SPARK Institute has scheduled a webcast, "403(b) Information Sharing: Common Remitter Issues," for Friday, Dec. 19 at 12 p.m. EST. The event will include a presentation and Q&A session with experts who developed the common remitter aspects of the organization's 403(b) Plans Information Sharing...